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-misia

-misia suffix: hatred; dislike; aversion.

Suffix

-misia

  1. (rare) Hatred; dislike; aversion.
    Antonyms:
    -philia

Antonyms of -misia

Origin of -misia

From Ancient Greek μῖσος (mîsos, “hatred”) + -ia. First attested in the 1950s, in iatromisia (“hatred of doctors”). Devised as an alternative to the suffix -phobia, which etymologically (and clinically) denotes fear, though it is also widely used in English to denote hatred. Compare -misic (“hating something”), -misiac (“one who hates something”).

Words formed from -misia

  • automisia
  • Islamisia
  • religiomisia

Questions about -misia

What does -misia mean?
-misia means hatred; dislike; aversion.
What part of speech is -misia?
-misia is a suffix.

Words near -misia in the dictionary

  1. -metry
  2. -micin
  3. -mictic
  4. -mifene
  5. -minx
  6. -misia
  7. -misic
  8. -mo
  9. -mobile
  10. -mobiles
  11. -moder

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